. Illustrated history of the Union Stockyards; sketch-book of familiar faces and places at the yards. FOREIGN BUYERS. habit, language, manner and appearance, lends the in-terest of variety to a scene which is already picturesquelyinteresting. In fact, while there is nothing beautifulabout the yards, they are one of the best places in theworld to study human nature. 24 ILLUSTRATED HISTORY There are also in daily evidence at the yards as manyas two hundred cattle and horse commii=!sion they add to the life of the place may bd imag-ined when it is said that they have among them about8,50
. Illustrated history of the Union Stockyards; sketch-book of familiar faces and places at the yards. FOREIGN BUYERS. habit, language, manner and appearance, lends the in-terest of variety to a scene which is already picturesquelyinteresting. In fact, while there is nothing beautifulabout the yards, they are one of the best places in theworld to study human nature. 24 ILLUSTRATED HISTORY There are also in daily evidence at the yards as manyas two hundred cattle and horse commii=!sion they add to the life of the place may bd imag-ined when it is said that they have among them about8,500 employes—salesmen, stenographers, typewritists,book-keepers, accountants, messengers, etc. This bodyof men is best described by the term unique; they are. TYPEWRITISTS GOING TO LUNCH. an aggregation apart, one which embodies the quintes-sence of business success—pusli—a fraternity of ener-getic spirits of which any city miglit he proud, andwhich is a credit to any country. Thoy are hustlersfrom the drop of the hat, at six oclock in the morningoff to Guttenberg, and seven at the latest finds themabroad, not indeed seeking whom they ma}^ devour, forthey are a straight set, but out for business, fresh andfestive as the day itself, ready to give and take in hon-orable interchange. OF THE UNION STOCKYARDS 25 From early morning until four in the afternoon thecombined brains of the commission men are at theirhighest tension, and he who runs may see tlie play ofjust such metal as has made this city a metropolis andthis country a great nation. Untold millions arehandled by these men in the course of a year, and everydollar disposed with such honor, exactness, punctuality,
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